prairie oyster

English

Alternative forms

• Prairie Oyster

Noun

prairie oyster (plural prairie oysters)

1. A drink consisting of a raw egg with yolk intact, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and ground black pepper.

   Synonym: prairie cocktail

   • 1939, Christopher Isherwood, “Sally Bowles”, in Goodbye to Berlin:

     ‘Would you like a Prairie Oyster?’ She produced glasses, eggs and a bottle of Worcester sauce from the boot-cupboard under the dismantled washstand: ‘I practically live on them.’

2. A Rocky Mountain oyster; a bull calf testicle prepared as food.